While in a friends house last night I briefly noticed a programme of the retired newsreader doing a tour of the med during which a dive took place on a Beaufort which appeared to be close inshore .
What with no sound , visiting someone’s home , and being a well mannered young (?) man I couldnt make out any details of where it is or what the story was behind it. I did see an engineless Trident later at what i presume was the abandoned airport in Cyprus.
Anyone know where the Beaufort is ?
By: paulmcmillan - 26th January 2011 at 09:27
The most interesting thing about the programme (he ain’t no Alan Whicker!!) was the walk through what had been Nicosia Airport – abandoned and left in 1974 when, at the cessation of fighting, it became part of the UN buffer zone. 1970’s adverts on the walls, period furniture and the check-in desks – a real time warp.
Was Andy Gray there?
By: RPSmith - 26th January 2011 at 08:56
The most interesting thing about the programme (he ain’t no Alan Whicker!!) was the walk through what had been Nicosia Airport – abandoned and left in 1974 when, at the cessation of fighting, it became part of the UN buffer zone. 1970’s adverts on the walls, period furniture and the check-in desks – a real time warp. It was on the apron here that there were a few qick shots of the abandoned (and engine-less) DH Trident.
A few minutes prior to that there was a quick air-to-ground glimpse of most of a Shackleton – didn’t appear to have enines or fins/rudders.
The film of the Beaufort was taken by the divers looking at the (submerged) remains of Cleopatra’s Palace in Alexandria harbour.
Roger Smith.
By: Arabella-Cox - 26th January 2011 at 07:44
Alexandria bay, a quick Google search reveals some mention of it but otherwise over to the experts…
http://www.corridorofmarvels.com/dive_log/category/alexandria/
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January 26, 2011 at 1:19 am